Prakash Goswami's personal blog

Hello everyone! I hope you are all doing well. Well, I am getting back to my rochester life....it was hectic but trip to India was very nice - enjoyed good food (without adding any extra weight), visited few new places - I am sure it will make few very jealous :) I also read couple of good books - one of them was Amartya Sen's "Identity and Violence". It's well written and presented a good economic thinking framework. In my words if we want "basic human values" to sustain in our social value system then only way to achieve is we all should have only one identity i.e. we all should be known as human being nothing else. We are not muslims, hindus or christians - we should not be known as white, black or brown - our identity should not be Asian, African or Americans - we all are human being and all of us bear the responsibility to nuture the basic human values - should encompass all the other identities underneath this very human identity. It's really sad t

It's been a while since my last posting....I hope everyone is doing well. Well, the good news is I finally purchased the air ticket for my upcoming India trip - I am looking forward for this trip. Everytime I visit India, it's a different feeling - I don't think if I was in India I would have got the opportunity to feel my homecoming in the same way. Anyways, I think enough of my personal stories.... I found this article interesting - From Mr. Murthy of Infosys: How one has to be engaged with the system before one attempted to reform it, how idealism needed to be channelled into action rather than be allowed to succumb to defeatist hand-wringing, and how every small act had to be governed by an overarching commitment to integrity. http://ia.rediff.com/money/2006/aug/01mguest.htm The following article for the marketing professionals (5 lessons from Philip Kotler): Lesson 1: R&D must be market-ready Lesson 2: Number-crunching is more than just calculating market shares

It's strange to see that the world is going through a series of destructions.... in last few years the amount of destruction took place in this world definitely outnumbered the amount of constructive activities throughout the world. In this context I want to share with you some of the quotations of Gandhiji and Einstein - one representing the power of tolerance and humanity and other the power of science: "The greater scientist than any of the modern scientists is the man who discovered for us the law of love." - Gandhi "The way of religion often caused enmity and conflict, instead of binding mankind together with the universal moral idea. Without tolerance in this widest sense there can be no question of true morality." - Einstein "The political and economic conflicts of the last few decades have brought before our eyes dangers which even the darkest pessimists of the last century did not dream of." - Einstein I am absolutely convinced that today this

Like all of you I am also very sad and helpless for what happened in Mumbai. It's not only in India, through out the world civilized society is threatened by this menace called terrorism. I sincerely hope and pray that these people start realizing the value for their own life soon. It's my urge to every citizen of the civilized society - please be vigilant always about your surroundings and report to the appropriate authorities about any suspecious activities. This will atleast reduce some of the chances..... Being a citizen of this FLAT world, it hurts and it's always painful to read this kind of news. I am sure most of you has already read this article which resembles most of our feelings: http://ia.rediff.com/news/2006/jul/12nri.htm After this negative feeling there is this article might shade some light - What Raghuram Rajan of IMF says about India's economic future: http://ia.rediff.com/money/2006/jul/18forbes.htm More to come in the next entry....Stay tuned :)

I know most of you might be thinking that I have been lazy lately.... to an extent I do agree with you =) Trust me I was busy with few things which I really needed to complete - enough excuses! Well, today I will keep it short and crisp - will have to catch up with two big games i.e. world cup final and Wimbledon final. You wanna bet with me....=) well I hope Italy wins the final and Nadal wins the Wimbledon. Sorry friends who supports France and Federer - trust me I like the play of Zidane and adore few signature shorts of Federer. It will be challenge for Nadal to beat Federer on grass - so, it will be a pleasure to see how Federer plays Nadal. Here is one article on Tata Coffee. Tata is a household brand name in India - starting from Tata Salt to big trucks and now Tata is going global. Globalization really made it possible for any domestic brand with a big dream to go global - World is truly a Flat marketplace. http://ia.rediff.com/money/2006/jun/30tata1.htm

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